Maurice Denis
Du mepris des honneurs du temps (Contempt for the Honors of Time)

Du mepris des honneurs du temps (Contempt for the Honors of Time)

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Du mepris des honneurs du temps (Contempt for the Honors of Time)
ArtistFrench, 1870–1943
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Du mepris des honneurs du temps (Contempt for the Honors of Time)
Date1897
PlaceParis, France
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (27.3 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.488
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Text on plate, upper edge: "Du mèpris des honneurs du temps"
Signed in pencil, recto, beneath the lower right plate mark: "Maurice Denis". Also initialed on plate, lower right: "MAVD"
The blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the lower left corner on the back of the work.

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